Washing-machine



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H. KRAMER.

WASHING MAGHINE.

No. 350,685. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY KRAMER, OF GRANT PARK, ILLINOIS.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,685, dated October12, 1886.

Application filed January 9, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY KRAMER, of Grant Park, in the county ofKankakee and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedWashing-Machine, of which 'the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention is an improvement in the class of washingniachines whichhave a pivoted swinging rubber; and whose body or tank is provided withribs that constitute the fixed rubbing-surface upon which said rubberacts.

The construction and combination of parts are as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of my improved formof clothes-washer. Fig. 2 is plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a viewof the under side of the reciprocating rubber or pounder.

In constructing such a machine as is illustrated in the drawings I makea water-tight tank or tub, A, upon the interior face of which I fix anumber of strips, as a, b, and c, the strips a being placed upon thebottom of the tub and running across the same, the strips 1) being uponthe sides and being placed in vertical lines, while the strips 0 areplaced horizontally, being mounted in recesses formed in the side walls,dd.

The tub A is provided with legs B B and with a cover, 0, hinged to theend wall, 6, and arranged to close down upon the cross-strip f, as shownbest in Fig. 1. In this cover 0 there are two apertures, g g, and justabove these apertures there are mounted blocks h h, to which thelever-arms D D of the pounder E are pivotally connected, the saidlever-arms being connected and braced by cross-bars k k.

The pounder E consists of a block of wood, the lower edges of which arebeveled off, as shown at i, and is secured to the lower ends of thelever, as shown at Z. A number of pins or projections are fixed inposition so as to project outward from the rubber or pounder E, saidpins being preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 3, wherein pins m m areshown as projecting from each corner of the rubber, while a pin, a,projects from the center of Serial No. 188,095. (No model.)

each side, four otherpins, 0, projecting from the extreme lower face.Upon the upper face of the cross strip f I arrange asoap-box,p, holes 8s being formed through the strip f, which constitutes the bottom of thesoapbox, so that all water will drain off, leaving the soap dry andhard, thus preventing all waste. A folding platform. N, is pivotallyconnected between the legs B B, andis in turn provided withpivotally-connected legs M, which fold to the position indicated indotted lines, or may be turned down to support the projecting ends ofthe platform, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. A staple, t, is fixed inposition to be engaged by a hook, T, when the platform is pulled to theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In order that the machine may be readily lifted from place to place, Iprovide a strip, u, placed as shown, and a hand-piece, o; and in orderthat the water may be drawn off from the tub I provide a plug, P.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The clothes to be washed,together with a sufficient quantity of soap and water, are placed in thetub A, after which the pounder or rubber E is moved back and forth bymeans of the levers D, which are moved as indicated in Fig. 1. After theclothes have been sufficiently cleansed, a wringer is secured to the endwall, 7', and a basket placed upon the platform N, so that as theclothes pass from the wringer they will drop directly into the basket.

In constructing this machine wooden plugs should be used inside of thetub, and any screws or nails used should not be allowed to penetrate tothe interior of said tub.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a washing-machine, thecombination, with a tub provided with horizontal strips a and candvertical stripsb, and having a cover, 0, of a rubber, E, carried bylevers D, that are pivotally connected to said cover, substan tially asdescribed.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with a tub, A, provided withhorizontal strips a and c and vertical strips 12, and having a cover,

provided with pins m n, and 0, said pounder' wand c and vertical strips12, a cover, 0, levers V being carried by levers D D, that are oonnect-D; carrying pounder E, and a soap-box,p, subed by bars k and pivotallymounted in blocks staintially as described. carried by the said cover 0,substantially as HENRY KRAMER. 5 described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a Washing'machine provided withhorizontal sbrips- Witnesses:

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